#davout

[napolebonasacc]

Le Maréchal Davout, Prince d'Eckmühl

par Augustin-Alexandre Dumont

[unverredumatcha]

🥚✨The Marshal Candidate We Didn't Know We Needed...?

Dominique VANDAMME, a Fleming with reddish hair and gray eyes, he came from a lower-middle class family but had attended a private military school and was readier than most when the Revolution came. His temper was instantaneous, his vocabulary sulphurous, his talent for insubordination stupendous. No marshal would willingly have him as a subordinate; ONLY Davout who can manage him, probably there was a method in the Fleming's seeming madness : Napoleon often gave Vandamme semi-independent commands of Confederation of the Rhine troops. For all the uproar he created, he was intelligent and an energetic, conscientious, very capable general, always ready to march and fight. Whatever German civilians thought of his tendency to violence and looting, German troops liked serving under him; he treated his subordinates with iron rigor but took the best possible care of them. Naturally stories swirled around him. Napoleon supposedly once said that Vandamme the only solution would be to set one to HANG the other. In 1813, he also did tell Davout to take care of Vandamme, because good fighting men were growing scarce. For his own part, and often a bad bedfellow (pfft lmao), but capable of second thoughts, amends, and ALMOST (Dear Lord, what--- i am utterly in shock) had his baton in 1813, but his own aggressiveness, and with Saint Cry's failure to support him, got him trapped at Kulm. ⋆｡°✩His philosophy of war was very simple : It was impossible to make a good omelet without breaking a good many eggs!⋆｡°✩🥚✨ -Swords Around A Throne -Napoleon's Grande Armée- by John R. Elting, page 158-159

Hold up, you were slow as fuck dear Napoleon why you didn't make Vandamme un maréchal sooner⁉️⁉️⁉️(Okay, he got bad reputation because he was aggresive, but come on)

I only read a paragraph of him and i could tell he was a great person in the battlefield, even though not out of it.

We also missed the great duo!! Imagine the powerful duo Vandamme with Davout (╥ᆺ╥；)(╥ᆺ╥；)(╥ᆺ╥；) or is there a friendship story about them please forward it to me(づ•́ ᵔ •̀)づ

[karlxivjohan]

I still wish you would, at the very least, kill yourself.

What an odious little sentiment to send to another human being. Do you imagine yourself clever, or brave, lobbing such bile from behind a screen? You shame only yourself.

I have endured battlefields—yet you, with your petty malice, believe a few words can undo me? Hardly.

If you truly wish me dead, then I suggest you come try your hand yourself. Until then, keep your venom to your own lips. I have a wife, a son, and a kingdom, and I’ll not be dispatched at the whim of a coward like yourself.

How did your ambitions regarding Poland turn out, by the way?

[microcosme11]

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[le4d-poisoning]

Can you please draw Davout and Aimee

YES YES

They are so adorable hdfhdh

[le4d-poisoning]

davout-posting

It's just me and my 47 different art styles against the world

[karlxivjohan]

The king of Sweden received a letter... it reads: "Kill yourself. always yours, L. Davout"

Marshal,

I have received your most recent correspondence.

While I acknowledge your input—terse though it may be—I must decline your recommendation at this time. As it happens, my current schedule is regrettably full: diplomatic audiences, military affairs, and the small matter of ruling an entire kingdom. You will understand, I’m sure, how this might take precedence over your personal suggestions, however heartfelt.

Nevertheless, I appreciate the spirit of your letter. It is rare to find such frankness among the ranks of the imperial marshals these days. Please rest assured that your message has been archived with the same solemnity and care I afford all military recommendations from former colleagues. The parchment now serves an admirable purpose—fed to the fireplace, who found it more digestible than I did. A noble end, I think, for a noble sentiment.

Warmest regards from the north,

Carl Johan, King of Sweden and Norway

[lebatondisparu]

does anyone know if there are more new scenes with Davout in the Director's Cut?